The Final Quarter

Ian Darling is the Director and Producer of The Final Quarter. He is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and Executive Chair of Shark Island Institute in Sydney.

His Director and Producer credits include Paul Kelly – Stories of Me, The Oasis, Suzy & the Simple Man, In the Company of Actors, Alone Across Australia, Woodstock for Capitalists, Polly & Me, and The Soldier. He was an executive producer of 2040, The Fourth Estate, The Bleeding Edge, Unrest, Inventing Tomorrow and How to Change the World. 

He was Founder and Moderator of Good Pitch Australia, and is working with 19 social impact documentaries and outreach campaigns, including: That Sugar Film, Gayby Baby, The Hunting Ground, Prison Songs, Frackman, The Opposition, Whiteley, Ghosthunter and Blue.

Ian Darling received the Byron Kennedy Award at the 2018 AACTA Awards. He received the AFI/AACTA Award for Best Direction in a Documentary for The Oasis, is a Walkley Awards Finalist, and has been nominated for numerous Australian Directors Guild, AFI, Film Critics and IF awards. He was named Australia’s Leading Philanthropist by Philanthropy Australia in 2017. He is a recipient of the Creative Partnerships Australia Business Leadership Award, and his homeless film project The Oasis was named one of ‘Australia’s Top 50 Philanthropic Gifts of All Time.’

Mary Macrae is Producer and Production Manager at Shark Island Institute. She Co-Produced three Good Pitch Australia events (2014–2016).

For Shark Island Productions Mary produced the films THE FINAL QUARTER, SUZY & THE SIMPLE MAN, PAUL KELLY — STORIES OF ME, THE SOLDIER and STORIES FROM THE INSIDE.

Mary was Line Producer and Production Assistant for THE OASIS and IN THE COMPANY OF ACTORS and Production Manager for the short films POLLY AND ME and WALL BOY.

Mary is currently producing two new documentaries for Shark Island Productions LIFE AFTER THE OASIS — TEN YEARS LATER and THE GENESIS.

Mary leads and coordinates the impact work for the Shark Island Institute portfolio. She is one of the impact team for THE HUNTING GROUND Australia Project, and is working with the global impact team for UNREST.

Prior to working at Shark Island Productions Mary had a career as a Stage Manager in theatre and dance for companies including Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir Street Theatre, Force Majeure and Griffin Theatre Company including MY ZINC BED, WAITING FOR GODOT, A CHEERY SOUL, SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT, ALREADY ELSEWHERE, the Australian premiere production and U.S tour of CLOUDSTREET and the Sydney and New York production of HEDDA GABLER.